How to pronounce “bagdi” in English

I think Bagdikian's anxious energy coupled with-- in his biography, he talks about learning

My research was I read Ben Bagdikian's autobiography, which is a great book.

have to have a degree of cynicism, because both Ben Bagdikian, and everybody in the news room, and Ben Bradlee, and Kay knew that elected officials lie

Well actually, I wanted to ask about your character, Ben Bagdikian, because, you know, he's somewhat a lesser known character in history.

And after the Washington Post published papers and got in trouble alongside the New York Times, then Bagdikian did deliver the papers